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ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED READ BY BRIGHT PEOPLE [T SHINES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN NORTHERN STARK COUNTY READ BY BRIGHT PEOPLE I An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All VOL. 16—NO. 19. NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1938—EIGHT PAGES $1.00 PER YEAR. BARTHELMEH READY TO CONTINUE BATTLE Having Defeated the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Officials In Their Attempt To Push Their Measure To Completion the Prosecutor of Stark County Declares He Will Fight the Case In Any Court They Desire To Enter. Told Without Vamish h Ben Long I am convinced that only by such a medium as this column can certain types of news and opinions be set forth. "ILLEGAL TAX," HE SAYS For a long period A. C. L. Barthelmeh, prosecuting attorney of Stark county, has been battling against the tax levy of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, and today it looks as if he has come out victorious. Prosecutor Barthelmeh's fight was solely in the interest of the taxpayers of Stark county, and to his credit be it said that he and his capable assistants devoted many long hours and hard work in behalf of the people, and yet they never asked one cent additional for those services, although legally permitted to collect fees for the same. Judge Sustains Prosecutor Presiding Judge Charles W. Montgomery, in an opinion sustaining the contention of Prosecutor Barthelmeh that the whole affair to levy a tax is illegal, did not mince words when he rendered his decision, and he clearly stated that the directors "had no authority to tax or assess persons other than those who have actually benefited by the project." Knowing the keen interest displayed by the majority of people in Stark county concerning the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District case, The Sun called Prosecutor Barthelmeh on the phone and told him the columns of this newspaper were open to him if he cared to explain why he is making such a hard fight in behalf of many taxpayers. His reply was: "It is strictly a matter of principle with me. My conscience wouldn't rest easy if I permitted that case to go by default. As the prosecuting attorney of Stark county it is my duty to defend the people when they appear helpless to defend themselves, and to prosecute when I honestly believe they are in the wrong." So The Sun presents his letter. It is a straightforward statement, modest, yet containing a challenge all will understand. o BARTHELMEH'S OPINION Declares He Will Fight If District Appeals the Case. To the Editors of The Sun: Having now received a copy of the Court's " opinion in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District case, I am more than ever gratified in the result of our efforts to stop and prevent an illegal and arbitrary effort to tax the people of this county and other counties in the Conservancy District. To fight this kind of a case is not one of the duties prescribed by law for the prosecuting attorney. Under the laws, of this state this action could have been brought by any lawyer and such counsel could then receive an allowance of fees by the court. With a sum involved such as ,$1,500,000.00, such fees would be in a substantial amount considering allowances heretofore made in taxpayers suits. In some instances allowances have been made to prosecuting attorneys in this state for carrying on taxpayers suits. However, in this case I do not propose to make any application nor do I propose to accept one cent. With me this matter is one of principle and I am content with the compensation of reading the opinions of the several Courts which have to this date agreed with my contention in the matter. [Continued on page two] A Celebrated Line I do not ob ject spending an hour or so to oblige a reader of this column when I believe he (or she) is sincere in the question or questions asked, but my time is too valuable to waste o n silly questions c o n - cerning screen stars and other present day! "celebrities" the world will forget within the next five years. But here is a question I am answering for the reason that it is of general interest. Several years ago some Mark Twain society bestowed a prize for the best single line in Samuel Clemens' writings. A woman won it with the line, "The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it." My correspondent wonders whether Clemens quoted it from Emerson, or whether he had the same thought? She also states that she had seen the line credited to Robert Louis Stevenson. My answer is that the line is to be found in Emerson's essay, "Domestic Life," in the volume, "Society and Solitude" (1870), about five pages before the end of the essay. It is possible that Clemens used it without using quotation marks, and yet it is possible he had the same idea, although how one man can use the exact words used by another writer is a problem too hard for me to solve. Stevenson, during his lifetime, was accused of "plagiarism," but he never answered his critics. How true the charge is I do not know. This much I do know: Even the most conscientious writers have heard it said of them that they "stole the other fellow's words." This may be true, but it was not done deliberately. They read an expression, and then forgot it. Years later it popped up in their mind and they used it, or in words meaning the same thing. A year or so ago the late O. O. Mclntyre, famous as a columnist, was accused of plagiarism. Seasoned newspaper men knew that Mclntyre would be a fool to palm off another writer's paragraphs as his own. He may have unconsciously slipped, but as that is a human trait, the incident was forgotten. EVERY CHILD TO GET A SQUARE DEAL HERE Mrs. Maude M. Bailey and the Members of the P.-T. A. Are Preparing Plans For a Meeting On March 17 In the Community Building, the Purpose of Which Is Better Health For Children—Speakers Will Include Dr. Pierce. The Sun Consists of 10 Pages Today IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Millionaire Party To be held at the Post home on Friday evening, March 18. All Legion- aires and ex-service men are invited to attend and spend an evening with their old buddies. Names of Essay Winners For the American Legion essay contest conducted in the schools of Ohio there were 250 essays written in the North Canton schools on the subject "Citizenship." Of these there were twenty-two picked to be submitted to the Stai-k county essay committee, who in turn picked twenty- four of the best submitted from the schools of Stark county to be submitted to the 10th district committee, who in turn will pick twenty-four from the district to be sent to the state committee. The following- pupils of the North Canton schools have the honor of winning in the county and we wish them luck in being successful in being chosen by the district and state committees which will entitle eight boys and eight girls to a free trip to the national capital, Washington, D. C: Ladene Roberts, Marie Burkholtz, and Richard Waltenbaugh of the ninth grade; Jane Glass and James Jester of the tenth grade; Eileen McCue and Mary Duff of the eleventh grade and Mary Shank of the twelfth grade. • o Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary will meet in regular session on Thursday evening, March 10, in the Legion home. Matters concerning future activities will be taken up. .—, o ■ Get Results People advertise in The Sun because they get results. They Love Each Other The statement in a Cleveland newspaper that a husband and wife, married 60 years, "Never had a secret from each other and have been a courting couple" sounds good to me. There are too many married folk nowadays who have some crazy idea that it is infra dig. to admit that they love each other. Better Newspapers Schools of Journalism in the colleges and universities are going to follow Chicago university and insist on a five years' course. They are wise. The newspaper profession requires something more than writing a weak news story or a few second-class display headlines. It demands a background in which is a reservoir filled with facts concerning a million subjects. Getting the impression that a seasoned newspaper man can be turned out after two or three years' experience is silly. The same applies to printing. Both classes of work require years of study on the part of bright young men and women. Some day the United States will insist that newspaper men and newspaper women be thoroughly trained. When that time arrives four-flushers, nuts, mutts and weaklings will not enter the profession, and as a result the newspapers will be stronger and more respected by the general public than they are today. o Asking Questions It is one of the privileges of parenthood to be regarded as the fountain- head of all knowledge. And it is one of the duties—puzzling and tiring though it may be on occasion—to lead the questioning mind through the maze of young discovery. Many of us still believe that foolish saying about curiosity killing the cat; many of us regard the questioning child as a plague, precocious and tiresome. In school and in home there is often a tendency to curb the natural curiosity of the child as an objectionable trait. Even elder brothers and sisters have little patience with the young explorer's urgent demands on their time and intelligence—possibly because they, at the same age, were treated with scant sympathy. Yet that one word "Why" is the substance of our very existence. To ask and to leam, to find a problem that requires a solution, to be faced with a question that demands thought in finding an answer—these are the things that lead to progress. The trouble is that too many persons give up asking "Why?" at an early stage. We see evidence of that sad mental state all around us, in complacent people who are content to take everything for granted and never bother to ask a question or consult a book containing information on . a given subject. Mrs. Maude M. Bailey, health chairman of the Stark County Council of P.-T. A., has planned a county- wide health program to be held in the North Canton Community Building, on March 17. - This is to start as a covered dish luncheon with North Canton association acting as hostesses. Mrs. Charles Smith, hospitality chairman of local P.-T. A. will "have charge. The purpose of this meeting is to become better acquainted and complete plans for the summer round up and examination of pre-school children. At 2:00 p.m. a special program has been arranged (to be published in The Sun later) and the sponsors trust that there will be a large attendance of North Canton residents. Every one interested is invited to come and hear Dr. Pierce from Molly Stark sanitarium. Welfare Clubs Invited It is hoped that every local club or association will send their child welfare committee if possible, and if any one is interested in child welfare and does not belong to the P.-T. A. or other groups, please consider yourself invited and mark March 17, St. Patrick's day, on your calendar as a day you will long remember. GIRLS^TAPCLASSES Will Begin In Community Building; Saturday, March 26. New tap classes will begin on Saturday, March 26. The only fee required will be a membership at the Community Building. Watch The Sun for a future schedule. The 37 Varieties made a trip via the Community Building bus to Massillon and visited the state hospital. There were fifteen in the group. Dr. Donahue conducted the girls through the various buildings and she gave an interesting and worthwhile talk. The high school gym classes will play a basketball team from Marlboro this Wednesday night. hoqyerbaskFtball Team, Starting Tonight, Will Be Busy All This Week. THE PEOPLE'S PAPER Intelligent People Have Confidence in The Sun. They Know It Respects Itself and Its Readers Himmminiiiii im Q As The Sun Sees It Without Prejudice Qiut i lllllllllltllllltllMl iminiimiiiMii Mil II ir 111 II III 11 III llll JIMIHI1II Ml III 11 "H See Inside Pages In The Sun Today For Special Features FIDELITY LODGE NO. F. and A. M. 712 The final game will be played tonight (Wednesday) in the Canton Y. M. C. A. when the Hoovers tangle with the Berloys, last year's champions. A defeat by the Berloys will make a three-way tie for first place and an extra game will have to be played to decide the champions. On Friday at 7:20 p.m. the Hoover club will play their first game in the interstate tournament sponsored by the Canton police department and held at the Canton Auditorium. Their opponents will be the Smith Grocers, a combination of ex-college stars assembled solely for tournament play. On Saturday the Hoovers are also scheduled to participate in the northeastern Ohio industrial tournament at the Canton Y. M. C. A. This tournament takes in only the winner of in dustrial leagues and there will be in dustrial teams entered from Cleve land, Elyria, Warren, Youngstown, etc. The winners of this tournament will be eligible to enter the state tournament at Columbus on the '19th of March. Additional basketball news will be found in the supplement today. THEWOimCLDB Speakers From Canton Discuss Personality and Conversation. Members of the Woman's club of North Canton were instructively entertained on Monday evening when they heard Miss Ruth Morgan of Canton Y. W. C. A. speak on the "A B C D of Health," and S. W. Crandal of McKinley high school faculty talk on "The Art of Conversation." Miss Morgan's alphabet referred to posture, personal appearance, nutrition and relaxation. Mr. Crandal's message was helpful to any one in social life. Mrs. Mathie played "America the Beautiful," and the federation's hymn for group singing was led by Mrs. Gordon Gougler. Mrs. Gougler presided until she turned the meeting over to Mrs. G. W. Henderson. Tea was served from tables that were daintily decorated in clusters of small white flowers, green foliage and white tapers. Mrs. Harry Gougler and Mrs. Paul Hahn poured. Mrs. M. M. Eubright was tea chairman. Mrs. M. E. Beck At Home Mrs. Melvin E. Beck was brought home from Aultman hospital on Monday afternoon. She is gaining toward health nicely, The Sun is pleased lo report. -o , Literary Club Luncheon The Literary club luncheon will be held on Saturday in Hotel Belden. ■ o- Certainly It la "If it's in The Sun, It's so." Albert B. Cox W. M Arthur J. Bell S. W. Charles H. Schafer J. W. George Snavely .?. Treasurer Carl S. Spanagel Secretary Stated meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays in Masonic, Temple, Canton. RAPP IS IN FLORIDA WITH BOSTON BEES Warstler Arrived In Bradenton On Monday Morning. Harold (Rapp) Warstler, second basemen on the Boston Bees (National league), arrived in Bradenton, Florida, on Monday morning shortly before noon. Harold left North Canton on Saturday morning, took the train at Cleveland, and kept on going until he reached the Bees' training grounds. Rapp was greeted warmly by Casey Stengel, who has taken over the management of the Bees. A grand ball player and a capable general, Casey knows the ins and outs_of the game, and his men have the utmost confidence in his ability and his fairness. Around the Diamond According to Harold Kaese, who represents a Boston evening 'newspaper, the "set-up" in Bradenton is much better than the Bees had in St. Petersburg the last two years, where meal checks had to be made out for the players, but there is endless work even so. Lewis, .is the neat-as-a-pin secretarial type. He has a system and follows it religiously. He does not have to mail train fare to players, as some secretaries do, but arranges with a railroad agent in Boston and then writes the player to pick up his ticket at a certain point. He sends a complete travelling schedule to the player. The dimensions of the Bradenton ball park: Left field, 391 feet; left center field, 423 feet; center field, 42U feet; right field, 420 feet. The Boston field is large but it looks small compared to the Bradenton garden. Although the Bees players are allowed to sign hotel meal checks up to a certain sum, the baseball writers get $3.50 cash to eat on. They approve of Bob Quinn's practice of paying cash because it enables them to dine at other places than the hotel without losing money. Bees players are not allowed to eat meals outside the hotel without permission, even though they pay for their own meals elsewhere. This holds for all except those who live out with their wives. Bill Cunningham, who is at Bradenton watching the team for a morning paper in Boston, declares thp ball players really put in a potent day's labor. Whatever else Casey Stengel is or isn't, he's a wampus cat for work, and when those ball players get through a couple of daily sessions of his, they're not interested in much of anything else. Casey says that he is tackling to the best of his ability the two major problems of the ball club he has inherited. One of these is its lack of hitting strength and the other is its shortage of relief pitchers. LETTERS TO THE SUN Relief Measures and Grafters IT IS no use closing our eyes and in a weak voice babbling " 'Taint so," for when we open our eyes and look at the daily newspaper page we know it is so. So the questions we must answer are (1) What is the matter with American manhood? (2) Are we degenerating into a race of financial and business crooks? These are pertinent questions today and may well be given serious consideration if the morale and honesty of our entire country is not to eventually sink to the lowest level. Charges are freely made and seldom denied that the Federal government, earnestly desiring to relieve distress in the nation, finds it difficult in many states to secure men who will administer the various relief measures without resorting to wholesale graft and corruption. To make mattei-s worse is the fact that Republicans, Democrats and fellows posing as true sons of the Nonpartisan league are mentioned as being anything but on the level when it comes to handling the nation's money. Such men at heart know no party when there is a dollar in sight they can grab. Minor officials have been discharged for petty crookedness or to the Pacific coast, and yet tlie slime of graft taints the honest efforts of national and state administrations to relieve distress. The Sun well knows that there was never a time in the United States during the past 80 years when tlie national government functioned without finding some unscrupulous minor officials taking money from "promoters" or padding pay-rolls. Fortunately for the nation, our Presidents have been honest men and the members of their cabinets have as a general rule been honest, too, although the stench of the corruption of "The Ohio Gang" under the Harding administration still lingers, as does the case of a cabinet officer in 1911. Such instances, however, are rare in high official life, so when a member of a President's cabinet does wrong he stands branded as a crook for all men to see. Governments may live and countries may enjoy a measure of prosperity under such sordid conditions for a time, but they can not endure forever. Year by year humanity, reared in such an atmosphere of selfishness, deceit and outright crookedness, will sink lower and lower until bottom has been reached. To people who love their country AN EVANGELIST WITH A CLEAN-CUT SERMON The Rev. Dr. Dewey Whitweli of Nashville, Tenn., Is Packing the First U. B. Church In Canton Every Night and On Sunday With Men and Women Eager To Hear Him Point Out the Road Humanity Should Take To Secure Salvation. gross favoritism from Maine to Cali- present day conditions in many states fomia and from the Atlantic seaboard I are a cause for grave concern. Use Your Brains Sensibly M OST of us belabor our brains too queer considering that for years The Sun's editorial writers have been advocating a bigger and better use of brains, but there is method in the madness. For you can use your brains either sensibly or foolishly, and the majority of. people go plunging around without really differentiating between the two. If you want to make an intelligent use of your brains you must learn' to make an intelligent use of the brains of others. This doesn't mean you should go about picking other people's brains to save yourself the trouble of using your own. It means you should realize there are innumerable short cuts to knowledge which BOOKMLEN? New Volumes In N. C. Library For Adults and Juveniles. only a fool would ignore. Anyone can accumulate a small reference library at a cost of no more than a few cents at a time. And no one should be without at least some books of this soi-t. They're the raw material of thought. If you can find a fact in a minute by looking it up in a book, it is senseless to spend a week trying to think it out for yourself. Books—the right books—are the Bank of Human Knowledge, and there are no overdrafts. You can draw on that bank without price and without question in North Canton, Canton, Akron, and in other towns where there are libraries and book stores. And the moral, if there is one, is— use your brains, but don't forget that other brains worked before you were even bom! CLEAR THINKING ALWAYS As the Lenten season turns our minds to spiritual matters, the North Canton Library has several books to offer as helps. Dr. Ralph Sockman's new book, "Recoveries In Religion," points out that bewildered mankind, searching for lost clues, is turning to religion for patterns. The chapters cover The Recovery of Authority, The Recovery of Balance and the Recovery of Powei-. Dr. Sockman is well known as the Sunday morning preacher of the National Broadcasting company. "Christ Speaks From Calvary," by Dr. Rees, brings comfort but also brings challenge; brings stinging rebuke, but also strengthening courage. E. Stanley Jones in his book, "The Choice Before Us," shows the way to Christ-like living, not by theories but by the living expei-ience of the life of God in the soul of man. Books For Young People Lawrence Howe has written a small book for young people and the leaders of young people, "Finding the Goal Posts." Thousands of young people MRS. REDD TO SPEAK Wife of Canton Pastor Will Be Guest of Woman's Club. The next meeting of the Woman's club will be on Monday, March 21, in the afternoon and Mrs. P. M. Redd will review the book "Long View." She is the wife of the pastor of First United Brethren church, Canton. The annual banquet is scheduled for Monday, April A, at 6:00 p.m. in the Hotel Belden. The Spiker quartet will sing and Miss Adelaide Chaise and her dramatic group will present two plays, one-act each. BOYS'BASEBALL CLUB American Legion Is Backing the Movement Here. Harrison Cline, Frank Gigley, Ralph Taylor and Ross Cahill and several sons of North Canton Legionnaires will be in Alliance tonight (Wednesday) to discuss junior baseball to be sponsored by the American Legion. On Friday, March 11, all boys from 12 to 18 years of age are invited to DR. DEWEY WHITWELL ^ m »„„„„„„„„ wl ,,„„,. ..„ .^ t**e baseball meeting in the Legion havr'heardThes'e" tafks and'liccepted I £,°me °" West Maple street at 7:30. the challenge to do their part in mak- They will ^hear many things concern Friday's Band Concert . Editors The Sun: Did you, dear reader, ever miss anything? Well, you did if you didn't hear the program on Friday evening in the high school auditorium. The North Canton Community band, directed by R. E. Nidy, and the N. C. high school glee club, directed by Miss Mary Jane Whartenby, for the benefit of the high school band. Well, it! is proof that we have the boys and girls and they have the talent and ambition when we saw Glen Wehl with his instrument and heard Jeanne Meyers and the glee club sing. Now, what we need are more programs to get more money to buy more instruments to have more boys to make more music so that more people may enjoy it. So, come on; let's all do our part and have a junior North Canton band in the near future. Give the North Canton Community band credit for giving the boys a chance. LEO W. BRAUCHER, 331 W. Maple St., North Canton, March 7, 1938. _ CLOVER LEAF CLASS Interesting Program Arranged For Friday Evening. The Clover Leaf class will meet in The Community Christian church on Friday evening at 7:30. Mrs. Ralph Vogt and Mrs. Edjrar Lowry are arranging an interesting grogram. Hostesses will be Mrs. L. L. raucher, Mrs. Jane Hoodlette, Mrs. Earl Grant, Mrs. Mae Williams, Mrs. Walter Hess, Mrs. F. L. Pierce, Mrs. H. H. Harmon, Mrs. Elmer Miller. ing life rich, genuine and worth while. Other helpful books are, "The Fool Hath Said," by Nichols; "The Right Thing," by Stevens; and "Men of the Outposts," by Welch. There is a new copy of the old favorite, "God's Troubadour: The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi" Librettos For Operas Librettos for the operas to be given during the week of grand opera in Cleveland are in the files at the library. Proving that our friends do not forget us when away from home, Mr. and Mrs. Corbett brought most interesting postcards from Mexico, New Orleans and Nashville, Tennessee. These have been added to our file and may help you when you plan your drive to Mexico City. FARMUNMNEWS Booster Local No. 48 Had 175 Present On Friday Night. Booster Local No. 48, Farmers' Union, held their regular meeting on Friday evening and although it was raining the hall was filled to capacity, the estimated attendance being 175. After the business meeting the Juniors presented a three-act play entitled "Tho Making Over of Sadie," which was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Bredehauft, state junior lead- [Continued on back page] o To Present Operetta The operetta, "An Old Kentucky Garden," will be presented by the glee clubs of the high school on Saturday evening, March 19, in the school auditorium. Attended Wedding- Mrs. A. M. Shanafelt and son, Dale, attended the wedding of Miss Jane Smith of Akron to Dr. Franklin Krichbaum of Canton in the First Congregational church, Akron, on Sunday afternoon at 3:30. ing the formation of an American Legion club for boys in North Canton. NEW CHAMP IN TOWN He Is Bill Uhrich and He Is the King of Swimmers. The Sun has been informed that Bill Uhrich of 213 North Main won the state swimming championship in Columbus. He grabbed the victory on a 100-yard backstroke. His time 1:05 bi-oke the record of 1:00 made by El- wood Woodling in 1935. The best high school swimmers in the state were in the contest. Bill formerly attended North Canton high. He represented Lehman high school, Canton, at Columbus. He is captain of the swimming team of the school. He is a modest young fellow and for that reason his friends are pleased he copped the championship. N. C. SCHOOLEXHIBIT Parents and Friends Invited To See It On Friday. The North Canton high school is planning for their annual school exhibit day and visitation on Friday, March 11. The regular classes will be in session both morning and afternoon to which parents and friends of the school are invited. In the afternoon and evening, work that the pupils have done during the year will be on display in the various rooms. All of the people of the community are invited to see some of tlie work that is being done. Boy For the Klotz' Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Klotz of Mt. Pleasant, on Friday, March 4, a son, weighing- IM pounds, in Aultman hospital. Blane Eugene is his name. By BEN LONG Religion offers mankind a wealth of common blessings that, rightly used and wisely controlled, would make him supremely happy. It is the greatest experiment in organizing human society that has ever been attempted. This is not the moment to despair. It is the moment to redress our ranks, readjust our policy, renew our faith. They Make You Think Let the above words rest in your mind for a few minutes and then you begin to think—and think hard—for the speaker is the Rev. Dr. Dewey Whitweli of Nashville, Tenn., at present conducting revival meetings in the First United Brethren church, 500 Cleveland avenue SW., Canton. The pastor of the church is the Rev. P. M. Redd, A.B., one of the best known clergymen in Ohio, a man in whose congregation are to be seen many substantial men and women whose names are familiar in Canton and nearby- towns. North Canton and its vicinage contribute a number of persons to the congregation of the U. B. church fifty- two weeks in the year. His Second Visit Dr. Whitweli is enjoying his second visit to the church, and the people are enjoying him. Ho is an engaging young man with a pleasing personality, and when he smiles, which he does frequently, you smile, too. There is nothing to recall Mr. Pecksniff about him. Charles Dickens' hypocrite in Martin Chuzzlewit and Dr. Dewey are as far apart as day and night, and that is the reason he is winning people to lead more upright lives or keeping them on the right track. People believe in him. His Sincerity Impresses The man's sincerity is what impressed this writer for The Sun. He is natural, and affectation he no doubt saw in the dictionary but never around his person. A scholarly man, he prefers the word "small" to "infinitesimal," and that is one reason he is a power in the pulpit. Started To Climb Early Questions I asked Pastor Redd proved to me that Dr. Whitweli started early to climb the ladder of success. In his early twenties he became the pastor of the First U. B. church of Nashville and soon afterwards was made superintendent of Tennessee conference and evangelist at large for the Home Mission board, which office he still holds. He attended Vanderbilt university in Nashville and received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Otterbein college in Westerville, Ohio, and at the present time represents the Tennessee conference on the board of trustees of the college. Ho has held meetings in the south and mid-western states and is well known in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Evangelists We've Seen Many persons associate the word "evangelist" with loud speaking, shadow boxing witli the devil, hopping around the platform to prove they are not victims of bunions, ingrowing toe nails or fallen arches, and indulging in other antics more or less obnoxious to people of ordinary intelligence. Such fellows probably do a small amount of good in the world and they have their following, so I won't criticise them even though their style doesn't appeal to me. A Clean-Cut Speaker If tlie reader of this article goes to tlie U. B. church any night this week (Saturday night excepted) he will hear Dr. Whitweli preach a sermon without ranting or flamboyant oratory of any kind. It is true the services have taken on "the spirit of an old-time revival," and it is also true that he stirs the emotions of the people, but it is the opinion of this writer that Dr. Whitweli relies more on appealing to the reasoning faculties of men and women than on their enthusiasm. He may know tricks of oratory and he may understand the value of "certain mannerisms" some evangelists use to rivet the attention of an audience, but studying him closely last night I failed to see or hear anything except a manly chap delivering an able sermon in a natural way. [Continued on back page]
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Full Text | ALL THE REAL NEWS AND SPECIAL FEATURES CAREFULLY EDITED READ BY BRIGHT PEOPLE [T SHINES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN NORTHERN STARK COUNTY READ BY BRIGHT PEOPLE I An Independent Newspaper That Plays No Favorites Among Advertisers or Subscribers, and With One Price To All VOL. 16—NO. 19. NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1938—EIGHT PAGES $1.00 PER YEAR. BARTHELMEH READY TO CONTINUE BATTLE Having Defeated the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Officials In Their Attempt To Push Their Measure To Completion the Prosecutor of Stark County Declares He Will Fight the Case In Any Court They Desire To Enter. Told Without Vamish h Ben Long I am convinced that only by such a medium as this column can certain types of news and opinions be set forth. "ILLEGAL TAX," HE SAYS For a long period A. C. L. Barthelmeh, prosecuting attorney of Stark county, has been battling against the tax levy of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, and today it looks as if he has come out victorious. Prosecutor Barthelmeh's fight was solely in the interest of the taxpayers of Stark county, and to his credit be it said that he and his capable assistants devoted many long hours and hard work in behalf of the people, and yet they never asked one cent additional for those services, although legally permitted to collect fees for the same. Judge Sustains Prosecutor Presiding Judge Charles W. Montgomery, in an opinion sustaining the contention of Prosecutor Barthelmeh that the whole affair to levy a tax is illegal, did not mince words when he rendered his decision, and he clearly stated that the directors "had no authority to tax or assess persons other than those who have actually benefited by the project." Knowing the keen interest displayed by the majority of people in Stark county concerning the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District case, The Sun called Prosecutor Barthelmeh on the phone and told him the columns of this newspaper were open to him if he cared to explain why he is making such a hard fight in behalf of many taxpayers. His reply was: "It is strictly a matter of principle with me. My conscience wouldn't rest easy if I permitted that case to go by default. As the prosecuting attorney of Stark county it is my duty to defend the people when they appear helpless to defend themselves, and to prosecute when I honestly believe they are in the wrong." So The Sun presents his letter. It is a straightforward statement, modest, yet containing a challenge all will understand. o BARTHELMEH'S OPINION Declares He Will Fight If District Appeals the Case. To the Editors of The Sun: Having now received a copy of the Court's " opinion in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District case, I am more than ever gratified in the result of our efforts to stop and prevent an illegal and arbitrary effort to tax the people of this county and other counties in the Conservancy District. To fight this kind of a case is not one of the duties prescribed by law for the prosecuting attorney. Under the laws, of this state this action could have been brought by any lawyer and such counsel could then receive an allowance of fees by the court. With a sum involved such as ,$1,500,000.00, such fees would be in a substantial amount considering allowances heretofore made in taxpayers suits. In some instances allowances have been made to prosecuting attorneys in this state for carrying on taxpayers suits. However, in this case I do not propose to make any application nor do I propose to accept one cent. With me this matter is one of principle and I am content with the compensation of reading the opinions of the several Courts which have to this date agreed with my contention in the matter. [Continued on page two] A Celebrated Line I do not ob ject spending an hour or so to oblige a reader of this column when I believe he (or she) is sincere in the question or questions asked, but my time is too valuable to waste o n silly questions c o n - cerning screen stars and other present day! "celebrities" the world will forget within the next five years. But here is a question I am answering for the reason that it is of general interest. Several years ago some Mark Twain society bestowed a prize for the best single line in Samuel Clemens' writings. A woman won it with the line, "The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it." My correspondent wonders whether Clemens quoted it from Emerson, or whether he had the same thought? She also states that she had seen the line credited to Robert Louis Stevenson. My answer is that the line is to be found in Emerson's essay, "Domestic Life," in the volume, "Society and Solitude" (1870), about five pages before the end of the essay. It is possible that Clemens used it without using quotation marks, and yet it is possible he had the same idea, although how one man can use the exact words used by another writer is a problem too hard for me to solve. Stevenson, during his lifetime, was accused of "plagiarism," but he never answered his critics. How true the charge is I do not know. This much I do know: Even the most conscientious writers have heard it said of them that they "stole the other fellow's words." This may be true, but it was not done deliberately. They read an expression, and then forgot it. Years later it popped up in their mind and they used it, or in words meaning the same thing. A year or so ago the late O. O. Mclntyre, famous as a columnist, was accused of plagiarism. Seasoned newspaper men knew that Mclntyre would be a fool to palm off another writer's paragraphs as his own. He may have unconsciously slipped, but as that is a human trait, the incident was forgotten. EVERY CHILD TO GET A SQUARE DEAL HERE Mrs. Maude M. Bailey and the Members of the P.-T. A. Are Preparing Plans For a Meeting On March 17 In the Community Building, the Purpose of Which Is Better Health For Children—Speakers Will Include Dr. Pierce. The Sun Consists of 10 Pages Today IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Millionaire Party To be held at the Post home on Friday evening, March 18. All Legion- aires and ex-service men are invited to attend and spend an evening with their old buddies. Names of Essay Winners For the American Legion essay contest conducted in the schools of Ohio there were 250 essays written in the North Canton schools on the subject "Citizenship." Of these there were twenty-two picked to be submitted to the Stai-k county essay committee, who in turn picked twenty- four of the best submitted from the schools of Stark county to be submitted to the 10th district committee, who in turn will pick twenty-four from the district to be sent to the state committee. The following- pupils of the North Canton schools have the honor of winning in the county and we wish them luck in being successful in being chosen by the district and state committees which will entitle eight boys and eight girls to a free trip to the national capital, Washington, D. C: Ladene Roberts, Marie Burkholtz, and Richard Waltenbaugh of the ninth grade; Jane Glass and James Jester of the tenth grade; Eileen McCue and Mary Duff of the eleventh grade and Mary Shank of the twelfth grade. • o Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary will meet in regular session on Thursday evening, March 10, in the Legion home. Matters concerning future activities will be taken up. .—, o ■ Get Results People advertise in The Sun because they get results. They Love Each Other The statement in a Cleveland newspaper that a husband and wife, married 60 years, "Never had a secret from each other and have been a courting couple" sounds good to me. There are too many married folk nowadays who have some crazy idea that it is infra dig. to admit that they love each other. Better Newspapers Schools of Journalism in the colleges and universities are going to follow Chicago university and insist on a five years' course. They are wise. The newspaper profession requires something more than writing a weak news story or a few second-class display headlines. It demands a background in which is a reservoir filled with facts concerning a million subjects. Getting the impression that a seasoned newspaper man can be turned out after two or three years' experience is silly. The same applies to printing. Both classes of work require years of study on the part of bright young men and women. Some day the United States will insist that newspaper men and newspaper women be thoroughly trained. When that time arrives four-flushers, nuts, mutts and weaklings will not enter the profession, and as a result the newspapers will be stronger and more respected by the general public than they are today. o Asking Questions It is one of the privileges of parenthood to be regarded as the fountain- head of all knowledge. And it is one of the duties—puzzling and tiring though it may be on occasion—to lead the questioning mind through the maze of young discovery. Many of us still believe that foolish saying about curiosity killing the cat; many of us regard the questioning child as a plague, precocious and tiresome. In school and in home there is often a tendency to curb the natural curiosity of the child as an objectionable trait. Even elder brothers and sisters have little patience with the young explorer's urgent demands on their time and intelligence—possibly because they, at the same age, were treated with scant sympathy. Yet that one word "Why" is the substance of our very existence. To ask and to leam, to find a problem that requires a solution, to be faced with a question that demands thought in finding an answer—these are the things that lead to progress. The trouble is that too many persons give up asking "Why?" at an early stage. We see evidence of that sad mental state all around us, in complacent people who are content to take everything for granted and never bother to ask a question or consult a book containing information on . a given subject. Mrs. Maude M. Bailey, health chairman of the Stark County Council of P.-T. A., has planned a county- wide health program to be held in the North Canton Community Building, on March 17. - This is to start as a covered dish luncheon with North Canton association acting as hostesses. Mrs. Charles Smith, hospitality chairman of local P.-T. A. will "have charge. The purpose of this meeting is to become better acquainted and complete plans for the summer round up and examination of pre-school children. At 2:00 p.m. a special program has been arranged (to be published in The Sun later) and the sponsors trust that there will be a large attendance of North Canton residents. Every one interested is invited to come and hear Dr. Pierce from Molly Stark sanitarium. Welfare Clubs Invited It is hoped that every local club or association will send their child welfare committee if possible, and if any one is interested in child welfare and does not belong to the P.-T. A. or other groups, please consider yourself invited and mark March 17, St. Patrick's day, on your calendar as a day you will long remember. GIRLS^TAPCLASSES Will Begin In Community Building; Saturday, March 26. New tap classes will begin on Saturday, March 26. The only fee required will be a membership at the Community Building. Watch The Sun for a future schedule. The 37 Varieties made a trip via the Community Building bus to Massillon and visited the state hospital. There were fifteen in the group. Dr. Donahue conducted the girls through the various buildings and she gave an interesting and worthwhile talk. The high school gym classes will play a basketball team from Marlboro this Wednesday night. hoqyerbaskFtball Team, Starting Tonight, Will Be Busy All This Week. THE PEOPLE'S PAPER Intelligent People Have Confidence in The Sun. They Know It Respects Itself and Its Readers Himmminiiiii im Q As The Sun Sees It Without Prejudice Qiut i lllllllllltllllltllMl iminiimiiiMii Mil II ir 111 II III 11 III llll JIMIHI1II Ml III 11 "H See Inside Pages In The Sun Today For Special Features FIDELITY LODGE NO. F. and A. M. 712 The final game will be played tonight (Wednesday) in the Canton Y. M. C. A. when the Hoovers tangle with the Berloys, last year's champions. A defeat by the Berloys will make a three-way tie for first place and an extra game will have to be played to decide the champions. On Friday at 7:20 p.m. the Hoover club will play their first game in the interstate tournament sponsored by the Canton police department and held at the Canton Auditorium. Their opponents will be the Smith Grocers, a combination of ex-college stars assembled solely for tournament play. On Saturday the Hoovers are also scheduled to participate in the northeastern Ohio industrial tournament at the Canton Y. M. C. A. This tournament takes in only the winner of in dustrial leagues and there will be in dustrial teams entered from Cleve land, Elyria, Warren, Youngstown, etc. The winners of this tournament will be eligible to enter the state tournament at Columbus on the '19th of March. Additional basketball news will be found in the supplement today. THEWOimCLDB Speakers From Canton Discuss Personality and Conversation. Members of the Woman's club of North Canton were instructively entertained on Monday evening when they heard Miss Ruth Morgan of Canton Y. W. C. A. speak on the "A B C D of Health," and S. W. Crandal of McKinley high school faculty talk on "The Art of Conversation." Miss Morgan's alphabet referred to posture, personal appearance, nutrition and relaxation. Mr. Crandal's message was helpful to any one in social life. Mrs. Mathie played "America the Beautiful," and the federation's hymn for group singing was led by Mrs. Gordon Gougler. Mrs. Gougler presided until she turned the meeting over to Mrs. G. W. Henderson. Tea was served from tables that were daintily decorated in clusters of small white flowers, green foliage and white tapers. Mrs. Harry Gougler and Mrs. Paul Hahn poured. Mrs. M. M. Eubright was tea chairman. Mrs. M. E. Beck At Home Mrs. Melvin E. Beck was brought home from Aultman hospital on Monday afternoon. She is gaining toward health nicely, The Sun is pleased lo report. -o , Literary Club Luncheon The Literary club luncheon will be held on Saturday in Hotel Belden. ■ o- Certainly It la "If it's in The Sun, It's so." Albert B. Cox W. M Arthur J. Bell S. W. Charles H. Schafer J. W. George Snavely .?. Treasurer Carl S. Spanagel Secretary Stated meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays in Masonic, Temple, Canton. RAPP IS IN FLORIDA WITH BOSTON BEES Warstler Arrived In Bradenton On Monday Morning. Harold (Rapp) Warstler, second basemen on the Boston Bees (National league), arrived in Bradenton, Florida, on Monday morning shortly before noon. Harold left North Canton on Saturday morning, took the train at Cleveland, and kept on going until he reached the Bees' training grounds. Rapp was greeted warmly by Casey Stengel, who has taken over the management of the Bees. A grand ball player and a capable general, Casey knows the ins and outs_of the game, and his men have the utmost confidence in his ability and his fairness. Around the Diamond According to Harold Kaese, who represents a Boston evening 'newspaper, the "set-up" in Bradenton is much better than the Bees had in St. Petersburg the last two years, where meal checks had to be made out for the players, but there is endless work even so. Lewis, .is the neat-as-a-pin secretarial type. He has a system and follows it religiously. He does not have to mail train fare to players, as some secretaries do, but arranges with a railroad agent in Boston and then writes the player to pick up his ticket at a certain point. He sends a complete travelling schedule to the player. The dimensions of the Bradenton ball park: Left field, 391 feet; left center field, 423 feet; center field, 42U feet; right field, 420 feet. The Boston field is large but it looks small compared to the Bradenton garden. Although the Bees players are allowed to sign hotel meal checks up to a certain sum, the baseball writers get $3.50 cash to eat on. They approve of Bob Quinn's practice of paying cash because it enables them to dine at other places than the hotel without losing money. Bees players are not allowed to eat meals outside the hotel without permission, even though they pay for their own meals elsewhere. This holds for all except those who live out with their wives. Bill Cunningham, who is at Bradenton watching the team for a morning paper in Boston, declares thp ball players really put in a potent day's labor. Whatever else Casey Stengel is or isn't, he's a wampus cat for work, and when those ball players get through a couple of daily sessions of his, they're not interested in much of anything else. Casey says that he is tackling to the best of his ability the two major problems of the ball club he has inherited. One of these is its lack of hitting strength and the other is its shortage of relief pitchers. LETTERS TO THE SUN Relief Measures and Grafters IT IS no use closing our eyes and in a weak voice babbling " 'Taint so," for when we open our eyes and look at the daily newspaper page we know it is so. So the questions we must answer are (1) What is the matter with American manhood? (2) Are we degenerating into a race of financial and business crooks? These are pertinent questions today and may well be given serious consideration if the morale and honesty of our entire country is not to eventually sink to the lowest level. Charges are freely made and seldom denied that the Federal government, earnestly desiring to relieve distress in the nation, finds it difficult in many states to secure men who will administer the various relief measures without resorting to wholesale graft and corruption. To make mattei-s worse is the fact that Republicans, Democrats and fellows posing as true sons of the Nonpartisan league are mentioned as being anything but on the level when it comes to handling the nation's money. Such men at heart know no party when there is a dollar in sight they can grab. Minor officials have been discharged for petty crookedness or to the Pacific coast, and yet tlie slime of graft taints the honest efforts of national and state administrations to relieve distress. The Sun well knows that there was never a time in the United States during the past 80 years when tlie national government functioned without finding some unscrupulous minor officials taking money from "promoters" or padding pay-rolls. Fortunately for the nation, our Presidents have been honest men and the members of their cabinets have as a general rule been honest, too, although the stench of the corruption of "The Ohio Gang" under the Harding administration still lingers, as does the case of a cabinet officer in 1911. Such instances, however, are rare in high official life, so when a member of a President's cabinet does wrong he stands branded as a crook for all men to see. Governments may live and countries may enjoy a measure of prosperity under such sordid conditions for a time, but they can not endure forever. Year by year humanity, reared in such an atmosphere of selfishness, deceit and outright crookedness, will sink lower and lower until bottom has been reached. To people who love their country AN EVANGELIST WITH A CLEAN-CUT SERMON The Rev. Dr. Dewey Whitweli of Nashville, Tenn., Is Packing the First U. B. Church In Canton Every Night and On Sunday With Men and Women Eager To Hear Him Point Out the Road Humanity Should Take To Secure Salvation. gross favoritism from Maine to Cali- present day conditions in many states fomia and from the Atlantic seaboard I are a cause for grave concern. Use Your Brains Sensibly M OST of us belabor our brains too queer considering that for years The Sun's editorial writers have been advocating a bigger and better use of brains, but there is method in the madness. For you can use your brains either sensibly or foolishly, and the majority of. people go plunging around without really differentiating between the two. If you want to make an intelligent use of your brains you must learn' to make an intelligent use of the brains of others. This doesn't mean you should go about picking other people's brains to save yourself the trouble of using your own. It means you should realize there are innumerable short cuts to knowledge which BOOKMLEN? New Volumes In N. C. Library For Adults and Juveniles. only a fool would ignore. Anyone can accumulate a small reference library at a cost of no more than a few cents at a time. And no one should be without at least some books of this soi-t. They're the raw material of thought. If you can find a fact in a minute by looking it up in a book, it is senseless to spend a week trying to think it out for yourself. Books—the right books—are the Bank of Human Knowledge, and there are no overdrafts. You can draw on that bank without price and without question in North Canton, Canton, Akron, and in other towns where there are libraries and book stores. And the moral, if there is one, is— use your brains, but don't forget that other brains worked before you were even bom! CLEAR THINKING ALWAYS As the Lenten season turns our minds to spiritual matters, the North Canton Library has several books to offer as helps. Dr. Ralph Sockman's new book, "Recoveries In Religion," points out that bewildered mankind, searching for lost clues, is turning to religion for patterns. The chapters cover The Recovery of Authority, The Recovery of Balance and the Recovery of Powei-. Dr. Sockman is well known as the Sunday morning preacher of the National Broadcasting company. "Christ Speaks From Calvary," by Dr. Rees, brings comfort but also brings challenge; brings stinging rebuke, but also strengthening courage. E. Stanley Jones in his book, "The Choice Before Us," shows the way to Christ-like living, not by theories but by the living expei-ience of the life of God in the soul of man. Books For Young People Lawrence Howe has written a small book for young people and the leaders of young people, "Finding the Goal Posts." Thousands of young people MRS. REDD TO SPEAK Wife of Canton Pastor Will Be Guest of Woman's Club. The next meeting of the Woman's club will be on Monday, March 21, in the afternoon and Mrs. P. M. Redd will review the book "Long View." She is the wife of the pastor of First United Brethren church, Canton. The annual banquet is scheduled for Monday, April A, at 6:00 p.m. in the Hotel Belden. The Spiker quartet will sing and Miss Adelaide Chaise and her dramatic group will present two plays, one-act each. BOYS'BASEBALL CLUB American Legion Is Backing the Movement Here. Harrison Cline, Frank Gigley, Ralph Taylor and Ross Cahill and several sons of North Canton Legionnaires will be in Alliance tonight (Wednesday) to discuss junior baseball to be sponsored by the American Legion. On Friday, March 11, all boys from 12 to 18 years of age are invited to DR. DEWEY WHITWELL ^ m »„„„„„„„„ wl ,,„„,. ..„ .^ t**e baseball meeting in the Legion havr'heardThes'e" tafks and'liccepted I £,°me °" West Maple street at 7:30. the challenge to do their part in mak- They will ^hear many things concern Friday's Band Concert . Editors The Sun: Did you, dear reader, ever miss anything? Well, you did if you didn't hear the program on Friday evening in the high school auditorium. The North Canton Community band, directed by R. E. Nidy, and the N. C. high school glee club, directed by Miss Mary Jane Whartenby, for the benefit of the high school band. Well, it! is proof that we have the boys and girls and they have the talent and ambition when we saw Glen Wehl with his instrument and heard Jeanne Meyers and the glee club sing. Now, what we need are more programs to get more money to buy more instruments to have more boys to make more music so that more people may enjoy it. So, come on; let's all do our part and have a junior North Canton band in the near future. Give the North Canton Community band credit for giving the boys a chance. LEO W. BRAUCHER, 331 W. Maple St., North Canton, March 7, 1938. _ CLOVER LEAF CLASS Interesting Program Arranged For Friday Evening. The Clover Leaf class will meet in The Community Christian church on Friday evening at 7:30. Mrs. Ralph Vogt and Mrs. Edjrar Lowry are arranging an interesting grogram. Hostesses will be Mrs. L. L. raucher, Mrs. Jane Hoodlette, Mrs. Earl Grant, Mrs. Mae Williams, Mrs. Walter Hess, Mrs. F. L. Pierce, Mrs. H. H. Harmon, Mrs. Elmer Miller. ing life rich, genuine and worth while. Other helpful books are, "The Fool Hath Said," by Nichols; "The Right Thing," by Stevens; and "Men of the Outposts," by Welch. There is a new copy of the old favorite, "God's Troubadour: The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi" Librettos For Operas Librettos for the operas to be given during the week of grand opera in Cleveland are in the files at the library. Proving that our friends do not forget us when away from home, Mr. and Mrs. Corbett brought most interesting postcards from Mexico, New Orleans and Nashville, Tennessee. These have been added to our file and may help you when you plan your drive to Mexico City. FARMUNMNEWS Booster Local No. 48 Had 175 Present On Friday Night. Booster Local No. 48, Farmers' Union, held their regular meeting on Friday evening and although it was raining the hall was filled to capacity, the estimated attendance being 175. After the business meeting the Juniors presented a three-act play entitled "Tho Making Over of Sadie," which was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Bredehauft, state junior lead- [Continued on back page] o To Present Operetta The operetta, "An Old Kentucky Garden," will be presented by the glee clubs of the high school on Saturday evening, March 19, in the school auditorium. Attended Wedding- Mrs. A. M. Shanafelt and son, Dale, attended the wedding of Miss Jane Smith of Akron to Dr. Franklin Krichbaum of Canton in the First Congregational church, Akron, on Sunday afternoon at 3:30. ing the formation of an American Legion club for boys in North Canton. NEW CHAMP IN TOWN He Is Bill Uhrich and He Is the King of Swimmers. The Sun has been informed that Bill Uhrich of 213 North Main won the state swimming championship in Columbus. He grabbed the victory on a 100-yard backstroke. His time 1:05 bi-oke the record of 1:00 made by El- wood Woodling in 1935. The best high school swimmers in the state were in the contest. Bill formerly attended North Canton high. He represented Lehman high school, Canton, at Columbus. He is captain of the swimming team of the school. He is a modest young fellow and for that reason his friends are pleased he copped the championship. N. C. SCHOOLEXHIBIT Parents and Friends Invited To See It On Friday. The North Canton high school is planning for their annual school exhibit day and visitation on Friday, March 11. The regular classes will be in session both morning and afternoon to which parents and friends of the school are invited. In the afternoon and evening, work that the pupils have done during the year will be on display in the various rooms. All of the people of the community are invited to see some of tlie work that is being done. Boy For the Klotz' Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Klotz of Mt. Pleasant, on Friday, March 4, a son, weighing- IM pounds, in Aultman hospital. Blane Eugene is his name. By BEN LONG Religion offers mankind a wealth of common blessings that, rightly used and wisely controlled, would make him supremely happy. It is the greatest experiment in organizing human society that has ever been attempted. This is not the moment to despair. It is the moment to redress our ranks, readjust our policy, renew our faith. They Make You Think Let the above words rest in your mind for a few minutes and then you begin to think—and think hard—for the speaker is the Rev. Dr. Dewey Whitweli of Nashville, Tenn., at present conducting revival meetings in the First United Brethren church, 500 Cleveland avenue SW., Canton. The pastor of the church is the Rev. P. M. Redd, A.B., one of the best known clergymen in Ohio, a man in whose congregation are to be seen many substantial men and women whose names are familiar in Canton and nearby- towns. North Canton and its vicinage contribute a number of persons to the congregation of the U. B. church fifty- two weeks in the year. His Second Visit Dr. Whitweli is enjoying his second visit to the church, and the people are enjoying him. Ho is an engaging young man with a pleasing personality, and when he smiles, which he does frequently, you smile, too. There is nothing to recall Mr. Pecksniff about him. Charles Dickens' hypocrite in Martin Chuzzlewit and Dr. Dewey are as far apart as day and night, and that is the reason he is winning people to lead more upright lives or keeping them on the right track. People believe in him. His Sincerity Impresses The man's sincerity is what impressed this writer for The Sun. He is natural, and affectation he no doubt saw in the dictionary but never around his person. A scholarly man, he prefers the word "small" to "infinitesimal," and that is one reason he is a power in the pulpit. Started To Climb Early Questions I asked Pastor Redd proved to me that Dr. Whitweli started early to climb the ladder of success. In his early twenties he became the pastor of the First U. B. church of Nashville and soon afterwards was made superintendent of Tennessee conference and evangelist at large for the Home Mission board, which office he still holds. He attended Vanderbilt university in Nashville and received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Otterbein college in Westerville, Ohio, and at the present time represents the Tennessee conference on the board of trustees of the college. Ho has held meetings in the south and mid-western states and is well known in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Evangelists We've Seen Many persons associate the word "evangelist" with loud speaking, shadow boxing witli the devil, hopping around the platform to prove they are not victims of bunions, ingrowing toe nails or fallen arches, and indulging in other antics more or less obnoxious to people of ordinary intelligence. Such fellows probably do a small amount of good in the world and they have their following, so I won't criticise them even though their style doesn't appeal to me. A Clean-Cut Speaker If tlie reader of this article goes to tlie U. B. church any night this week (Saturday night excepted) he will hear Dr. Whitweli preach a sermon without ranting or flamboyant oratory of any kind. It is true the services have taken on "the spirit of an old-time revival," and it is also true that he stirs the emotions of the people, but it is the opinion of this writer that Dr. Whitweli relies more on appealing to the reasoning faculties of men and women than on their enthusiasm. He may know tricks of oratory and he may understand the value of "certain mannerisms" some evangelists use to rivet the attention of an audience, but studying him closely last night I failed to see or hear anything except a manly chap delivering an able sermon in a natural way. [Continued on back page] |
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